One alternative is to us SearXNG for similar functionality. The preference tabs work for them. I am using northboot.xyz and adjusted the colors and default engines but you can pick anything from searx.space

Keep us posted. I am using tailscale, but plan on transitioning to a VPS running a VPN and/or headscale on it. Your scenarios isn’t something I’m familiar w/ but might be a good option

Any plans for a docker container?

Interesting use case. I made the jump from teddit -> redlib last week after the API adjustments

I’ve been using it. I could never get the official app to play more than one podcast in a row, yet this one does it out the book. I’m a fan altho it’s definitely still a WIP

Went down a similar rabbit hole earlier in the week. I couldn’t find a self-hosted option that met my needs re: sleek UI and integration w/ itch.io. I settled on just downloading GameHub. Not self-hosted, but it is open-source fwiw, my games are saved in an NFS folder and saves are accessible across devices.

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Same. I imagine it’s how most Christians feel about their loudest supporters as well

Very nice UI. Pleasantly surprised (even if I’m staying w/ ansiweather)

One suggestion is to look at getting any useful docker container up and running first to get a feel for it, then pivot towards heavier lifts. Self-hosting emails is going to be a headache as others have said, and monero nodes sounds like it could be a technical as well but that’s admittedly an uneducated guess.

You can look at the recent selfh.st poll for the most popular docker containers, see if any strike your interest and start there.

Veronica Explains has a good intro video on it if you’re looking for an intro btw.

If thinner, lighter and modern-ness are of interest, I’d say a chrultrabook, but they are more finicky re: swapping out parts. If you are looking for TUI-only, then it can be a sufficient option for a fraction of the price of the competition.

I use it. I think it was a hardening recommendation from lynis IIRC.

I definitely experienced a lot more freezing on my laptop after installing it (it’s a memory hog) so I upped my swap and things are back to normal.

My personal opinion is that it was:

• Easier signup
• A wider variety of opinions… Fediverse imo is known for tankies and progressives. I’m a progressive so I’m OK w/ the latter, but it can be an echo chamber at times.
• Built-in audiences (Threads especially but also Jack founding a spinoff helps)
• Similar to Linux, one of the benefits to open-source is plenty of forks and standards. This leads to a more fractured landscape at times and so it’s rockier than the alternatives

• Doesn’t have millions to market like the alternatives.
• More technical requirement (historically anyways)
• Much less likely to be the default on hardware (which is what most ppl stick to)

Regardless of how you feel about subscriptions, it’s a step in making the fediverse a more viable option for that that create content for a living.

Made the switch as well thanks to the modern key bindings

Prior to switching (upgrading?) to Wayland, Debian KDE crashed under X11 regularly when waking from hibernation and the taskbar would disappear. Restarting the plasma shell made it operable again, so I created an alias and regularly rebooted the DE shell 2-3x a day:

alias damnTaskbar='killall plasmashell ; kstart plasmashell &'

I get it. I’m a year in and was pulling my hair out dealing w/ frustrating issues for the first few weeks/months. Smooth sailing now, but I don’t deny the learning curves that are possible.

I’m preaching to the choir here on Lemmy but I’m glad that I made the jump to Linux last year